Wichita eagle., 1887-04-16
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH
CAPITAL BUDGET.
WHOLLY UNTRUE.

WHOLLY UNTRUE
WASHINGTON, April 15-It is stated a
both state and navy departments that Their
Is no truth In the dispatch from Key Yves
that Commodore Greene q. S. S. Yant,c
oiflcialiy forbade English man of-war a
Fort al Prince to carry out the treat a
selling Tortugas island Secretary Whit
ney never heard of such thing until be
saw the dispatch in the New York paper
tie said 1t was not likely Commodore
Greene would act without orders; if be
deemed it necessary he would telegraph
the department at once
THE CRUISER ATLANTA.
S&s official report of the trial trip of the
cr6Tsr Atlanta was received 1T the navy
department this morning from the com
mandant of the New York navy ward
Average speed for the six hours 10 5knots;
: average revolutions per minute 81 81; aver
age steam pressure 81 pounds; average
slip of screw 4 Il per cent; average col
lective horse power 3 300 which is a little
a short of the contract. Secretary Whitney
says she viii probably be accepted
A sUGARED PETITION.
The interstate commerce commission has
received by mail the petition Of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Co, of San Francisco
Ii sets forth that the Immediate effect of
the fourth section, unless modified, will be
10 entirely destroy the business Of the
i diSxhnlion Of products of our manufac
torN,a the states of the Mississippi valley. d"
The company has over 81 900, 900 invested
In machinery and material devoted to the
manufacture of refined sugar, and has
large contracts for future business involv
ing many million dollars ha ed upon facil
tiles and opportunities offered by the over
land roads. The enforcement of the law
will destroy its trade and capital The
railroads are willing 10 continue old rates
and the petitioners ask that they be permit
ted to do So
Fourteen sugar refining establishments
OF New York and Philadelphia unite in a
letter TO the commission They under
stand that the Pacific roads are about to
make application to be relieved from the
operation OF section four. Before their re
quest is granted the refiners ask an oppor-
ttAty TO be heard in opposition. It is al
leS$l, they say, that the Pacific railroads
have been carrying sugar at SO per ton
from San Francisco To the Missouri river
points. while charging Salt Lake City
about S22 per ton upon the shorter dis
tance. The result has been that eastern
sugar retiners have been entirely excluded
from markets which geographically belong
to them upon all grades Of sugar made by
the San Francisco retiner5.
The commission gave a hearing to- day
to the representatives of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg 81 Potomac railroad who
made an argument in favor of the suspen
sion of the operation of the fourth section
81 the act. so far as it applies to that road |
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road has to meet.
from Peoria. H., were heard an support of |
petitions for the suspension of the |
operation of the fourth section |
so far as 1t applied TO the transportation of |
grain eastward. They set forth the pecu- |
liar circumstances Of competition under
which the Peoria market labored both with |
water lines and with trunk lines from Chi
cago and st. Louis. The statistics of trade |
and of the revenues of the roads were Civ |
en- in detail
A representative OF the Cape Fear s. |
1adkin Valley railroad, of North Caro-
lima, made a brief argument in support OF |
petition TO be permitted 10 meet competi- |
ton at certain junction points.
During the recess between the morning |
and afternoon sessions the commission |
changed lis quarters from the rooms Of the
Geological survey 70 its permanent abode !
in the Sun building. The published state
menJ that the commission has appointed
secretary is pronounced incorrect, ~ also
that TO the effect that decision was |
reached Yesterday with respect to excursion
rates. No session was held yesterday and |
no decision upon that subject has been |
made.
A large number Of petitions have beeD |
received from theatrical people asking u
suspension Of the law applied 10 the |
amu>ement profession and such an inter |
pre'ation of the law as will permit raiirond
, companies to grant reduced rates as hereto |
fore. The commission has replied that it |
cannot presume 10 determine what the |
policy of the railroad shall be in this re-
gard. This is substantially declina,ion |
to make ruling upon the subject in al |
vance of an actual complaint alleging an |
infraction in some regard
A long communication has been received |
from the executive committee Of the Chics |
go Freight Bureau, an association com |
posed of merchants. manufacturers and the |
Board of Trade of Chicago, protesting |
against the suspension of the long and |
short haul feature, especially as effecting |
the territory north of the OHIO and east of |
the Mississippi rivers, except on Pacific
coast traffic. and that conditionally. The |
law without such suspension is believed by |
the association TO be not only best for the |
country At large but for the future success
full operation Of the law in tie territory |
named.
Notwithstanding the number and import |
ance of the petitions already laid before |
the commission it has practically bat one |
question under consideraiion-that relating |
to Tie long and short haul feature Of the |
law.